Personal Narrative: My Experience From Elementary School To High School

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Introduction When looking back at my experiences from Elementary School to High School, there are always two people that immediately come to mind. These two people are my parents '. They are the reason for all of my success academically and in my life up to this point. I believe the reason why my parents where such an impact on my educational success is since they were so involved in my school and they want me to be as successful as possible. My parents were not crazy dragon parents, but they have taught me at a very young age to always do my best and nothing less than that is acceptable. Being successful did not mean that I had to get straight A’s in all of my classes it just meant that I had to be working as hard as I could to achieve my very best work. Also, my parents did not think that the classroom was the only place that I could learn. This is why I was involved in sports and other activities, but all of these activities were by my choice. I was never forced to play a sport or play an instrument. The only rule when It came to my involvement in other actives was that I could not quit in the middle I had to finish out the season or the year. My parents were involved in different ways during different parts of my education, but they …show more content…
During elementary school I played many different sports, as a part of the orchestra and choir. Since I was so invoked that made it that my parents had to be very involved also. I can remember my parents in the stands for every soccer game or cheerleading competition for being the audience for all of my performances in the choir and orchestra. Since I always knew they were out there to support me, it made me want to perform my best and make them proud. Even though in elementary school there are not very many rewards handed out, if there was ever anything that I would be getting recognized for my parents were there without any

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